{"id":12402,"date":"2019-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/120-years-of-fiat-3-1-2-hp\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T11:34:31","slug":"120-years-of-fiat-3-1-2-hp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/120-years-of-fiat-3-1-2-hp\/","title":{"rendered":"120 Years of Fiat 3 1\/2 hp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you know Carlo Racca, Emanuele Cacherano di Bricherasio, Lodovico Scarfiotti, Roberto Biscaretti di Ruffia, Cesare Goria Gatti, Luigi Damevino, Michele Ceriano, Alfonso Ferrero di Ventimiglia and Giovanni Agnelli senior? At least the last name might be a term for car fans, since he was the grandfather of Gianni Agnelli. Together with the other eight gentlemen, he founded the ‘Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino’ (Italian Automobile Factory Turin), F.I.A.T. for short in Turin on 11 July 1899, today part of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) group. Two smaller companies in Turin were taken over, including a bicycle producer which had already completed a car prototype called ‘Welleyes’. On this basis the first own automobiles were built.

As its first model the still young brand launched the 3 1\/2 hp within the year of foundation. This vehicle has a two-cylinder engine located above the rear axle that produces 3.1 kW\/4.2 hp from 679 cubic centimeters. These are transmitted to the rear wheels via a three-speed gearbox without reverse gear. Thanks to an unladen weight of only 680 kilograms, average fuel consumption was only eight liters on 100 kilometers. Marcello Alessio from Turin was responsible for the design and construction of the vis-\u00e0-vis body. According to official sources, 24 units were produced by 1900, of which at least four still exist today.<\/p>\n\n\n

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